RALLIES IN IRELAND; POET PAULA MEEHAN SPEAKS

Friday, September 14, 2012

Poem of the Week

This week's poem has a fall feel to it and a 9-line opening sentence! It is taken from Michael Longley's A Hundred Doors, which was recently recognized as the best single volume of poems by an Irish poet published in the previous 12 months by The Irish Times and DLR. Check out Monday's post (Longley wins €5,000 Poetry Now award) for more info.


White Farmhouse

Colin Middleton RHA RUA, 1910-1983 - AUGUST LANDSCAPE, BALLYMOTE

Colin Middleton RHA RUA, 1910-1983
AUGUST LANDSCAPE, BALLYMOTE
Colin Middleton knew that he was dying
And fitted all the colours he had ever used
Into his last painting, a white farmhouse
Among drumlins, the gable and chimneys
White, the corn harvested by his palette-knife,
A besmirching of corn poppy, cornflower,
One blue-black spinney, triangles of sunlight
Disappearing between Octobery hedges,
Another farmhouse in the distance like home.
Colin Middleton was a friend of mine
When I was young. How can I count the colours?
There are no doors or windows in the building,
No outhouses. I name the picture for myself.
Titles, said Duchamp, are invisible colours.

Posted by Maura


Posted by at 12:09 PM
Labels: , ,

3 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 12, 2012 at 4:28 AM

    Hi
    PMP training in Chennai with 100% Pass Assurance.We offer Certification Preparation training of PMP in Delhi, Bangalore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, Gurgaon Get best price quotes from Project Management Certification Training Programs. The 2 day PMP Classroom training will be taken by certified PMP trainers, who will interact with the PMP aspirants and explain important aspects of the Project Management in relation to the revailing condition in the Project Management field.
    Thank You
    Best Regards:
    www.nucleusexecutivetraining.com/PMPCertification.html

    ReplyDelete
  2. UnknownDecember 14, 2012 at 1:00 AM

    Hi,

    StarPMO conduct PMP certification training once in every month at Bangalore . PMP training in Bangalore with 100% Pass Assurance PMP Certification Training in Bangalore Starts from 4th December 2013 in Bangalore. Faculty form IIT&ISB. Thousands of professionals have fulfilled their dreams Products & Services and PMP Certification Training at STARPMO.

    for more details visit us:

    http://www.starpmo.com/

    ReplyDelete
  3. UnknownDecember 18, 2012 at 9:16 PM

    beautiful poem ...
    jus kulit manggis - obat kuat

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)